Your character’s background describes the life they lived before becoming an adventurer. It determines their culture, education, training and resilience.
Culture
With GM’s help choose the cultural region where your character was raised. Your culture shapes your worldview, customs, and upbringing.
Languages
All characters know Common.
Choose one additional Language associated with your culture or another language your character had reason to learn through travel, work, study, or personal interest.
In addition, each Rank gained in Linguistic grants fluency in one additional Language.
Saving Throws
Your past experiences have taught you resilience. Distribute 4 Ranks among your Saving Throws. Each Rank increases the associated Saving Throw by 1.
| Saving Throws |
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| Agility Saving Throw |
| Charisma Saving Throw |
| Constitution Saving Throw |
| Intelligence Saving Throw |
| Strength Saving Throw |
General Skills
Distribute 10 Ranks among your General Skills to represent the abilities learned through your background and life experiences. At character creation, a General Skill cannot exceed Rank 4 (out of a maximum Rank of 8).
Expertise
Distribute 4 Ranks among your Expertises to represent specialized knowledge and advanced training. At character creation, an Expertise cannot exceed Rank 2 (out of a maximum Rank of 8).
Inspiration for Background
Your Background represents the life you led before the story begins. It may reflect your upbringing, profession, trade, or other formative experiences. In Legends RPG, it is generally recommended that your character is not already a renowned hero. The journey to becoming a legend is at the core of the game.
If you’re looking for inspiration, consider one of these common backgrounds:
Acolyte, Apothecary, Artisan, Bard, Beast Tamer, Blacksmith, Bounty Hunter, Charlatan, Cook, Courier, Farmer, Feylost, Fisher, Gladiator, Gravekeeper, Hermit, Hunter, Merchant, Miner, Monk, Noble, Pirate, Prisoner, Sailor, Scholar, Scribe, Shepherd, Shipwright, Smuggler, Soldier, Thief, Urchin, Woodsman.